Participatory multi-criteria decision aid: Operationalizing an integrated assessment of ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 30, Issue , 2018, Pages 49-60

  Langemeyer, Johannes ^a,b   Palomo, Ignacio ^c,d   Baraibar, Sergio ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^e,f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Do ana; Ecosystem services stewardship; Integrated valuation; Local ecological knowledge; Multi criteria evaluation; Participatory decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041377080     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.012     Document Type: Article

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